Hold It In

[Dumpster D]

I couldnt Find the Review I did in the original Thread so I am re-posting it here:



This album is cut clean and pure.

Heisenberg couldnt Touch The Chemists who cooked this batch of tunes. 

Adendum;

suffice to say this album leaves my ears ringing.. in a good way.

Its probably the most ambient album since COD IMO, theres sounds on their Ive only been able to imagine hearing. Things I cant Identify, Its a very Alien Album altogether, and Yet that is somehow Familiar space to me.

The Ambience and Noise on this thing Basically Confronts your awareness and overloads your sensory perception until youve forced to revert to a Relaxed State of pleasant Chaos, then the musical side does its work on your subconsious without you even knowing.

(I dont need to mention the Keyboard parts are very satisfying and work so beautifully in every way from a production standpoint to Just being a basic Aid to enhance the musicality of the thing, This is not a modern Album, it *SOUNDS* modern but a lot of what Im hearing on it goes back to about 1984 or older, Instruments Im hearing like pipe or reed organ, and maybe even a woodwind somewhere. and slathered in synth Gravy. Theres Vocoder and what I want to believe is the culmination of Just about every single Recording Technique Ive ever heard, not to mention all the different Instrumental Sounds the Melvins and buttholes have used over their Career span on different albums. )

I love how chaotical yet organized it appears in its entirety, Like a complete oxymoron, So Twisted in its beauty.

It comes on hard, and by the end, youre back to where you started again.

The amount of work and planning going into this was only executed through some kind of Zen like temperance.

Like this album has been 30 years in the making.

To me its almost like this is an album Throbbing gristle would have made *IF* they were more technically gifted musicians rather than simple factory hands..individual parts of a machine on an assembly line that make up a whole Just to increase work effort while cutting costs and making maximum profit margins by simple Mass production runs, Its coming through from both worlds, it lingers between Reality and surreal on a spiders thread that is tied to a psychological Web of entrapment.

Not to mention the Cars Influence on that early track, and I sadly confess butthole Surfers are alien to me as the bottom of the ocean. Im guilty of only owning Electric Larryland.

But some friends showed me their Other albums once and I was in love, almost like Ive been waiting to get into them because I know like a well balanced meal its good to savour every bite rather than gobble it down before you even tasted it.

Thats how much like life this whole *music* thing is to me right now at least.

Frank Zappa wasnt kidding around when he said music is a powerful force that could lead to * hamburger time.*

Theres ONE Disgustingly Killer Pinkus Bassline on a later Track that comes in and then Stops Just as the Drums Kick for that bassline and the Bass STOPS! and the drums keep that part going on Just drums without bass...*shakes head* Its like...!!! you bastards! You mad Bastards!!! You know how good you are!!!!!!!! and youre Just laughing at us all for being so puny and weak and simple minded that we will never quite put our fingers on Just what it is that makes you soo damn....Alive.


If you had to classify this album, Its a very complex Hybrid, and outwardly defies any said Laws or *rules* for pre-expectations of Music and sound.



..but I think Thats only my third or Fourth Listen so far. 

[ZILLA]

 

[Dumpster D]

TY   

[jules]

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[(the) flutter nuts]

I think House of Gasoline should have started the album.

[amazonAMAZON]

Respectfully disagree... "What's that shit they sold you?" (or however it goes) is among the best opening lyrics of an album ever.

[Lesbian_Billy]

i like to listen to it without pauls songs.  i listen to them along with "a history of dogs"  they fit very well and would actually make an interesting tour.

[black stallion]

of their recent albums this is probably the one i listen more

[cooter]

of their recent albums this is probably the one i listen more

From the last decade i'd say this album is my favorite!

[amazonAMAZON]

I've definitely come around to the extended "House of Gasoline" It's a moment like opening Lysol or "Magic Pig Detective" or "Youth of America" where once you know it's coming, it's the place you just strap in and hold on.

[Hands First Flower]

This record is a favorite, indeeeeeeeed. Super heavy, super super weird, super damn good. BUTt I disagree with the track sequencing, it is within my rights in this day and age. So I ripped the CD, re-ordered the tracks, burned a cdr to listen to in the car, even made a tape of this order. Much more preferred listening to me and mine.

1. Bride of Crank
2. Onions Make the Milk
3. Nine Yards
4. Sesame St. Meat
5. The Bunk Up
6. House of Gasoline
7. Eyes On You
8. You Can Make Me
9. Brass Cupcake
10. Piss Piss
11. BCN Horse
12. I Get Along


I would really really like to see this line-up do more records together. Leary & Buzzo guitaring together is just the Bees Knees. Pinkus & Crover rhythm section is Fierce. Pinkus & Leary together....❤!
It would be fantastic if they could bring King along for a dual drum destruction descent downtown to Brown Acid Avenue.

A girl can dream.

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I really liked Pinkus being involved with the band. He seems like a proper Melvins bassist in my eyes. In fact put it this way, i'd be happy to see him replace Steve full time. Im not sure about Leary and whether i'd like him involved again. I say that because i don't like his songs on the record. Those pull it down a peg or two for me. However i would have liked to see him perform some of this album live with the band. I'll give a listen to your revamped track order.

[Hands First Flower]

There was a few things I didn't like about the record in weird ways, [...], but once the order changed, I appreciated and enjoyed far more all the weird weird variety. Thinking about it, the record is more in line with Stag for all the really weird heavy variety, IMO
YMMV.

Part of what made me think to move around the order was somewhere a mention from Buzz about listening to different mixes of the songs of this record specific which led me to thinking about track sequencing, something I'm sure Buzz probably has strong opinions about and maybe probably there was much talk about that amongst the involved parties. Or maybe not. I dont know. Just speculating for no reason. Good record, good songs. They should do it again.

[amazonAMAZON]

I don't disagree, and I hear it more like Honky than Stag. But "House of Gasoline" is a closer.

I find "You Can Make Me Wait" disrupts the awesomeness early on. Having a block of five heavy hitters up front seems like a stronger record.

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I find "You Can Make Me Wait" disrupts the awesomeness early on.

I totally agree. That tactic quite often seems to be something of a Melvins thing lately - put an unexpected (sometimes naff) song as track 2. Often the worse song of the lot too! Examples of this being Best Friend, Embrace The Rub, the aforementioned You Can Make Me Wait and Inner Ear Rupture. Although the latter one there is actually pretty good and effective! I like that one.